Welcome! Participants are urged to post any information pertinent to plants, weather, or topics related to either. Off-topic posts, inflammatory posts and advertisements are subject to removal at the discretion of the moderators. Please limit image size to no larger than about 950x700 pixels so that everyone can easily view it. To post an image, it must first be uploaded to a remote server somewhere on the internet such as photobucket.com. |
Search Engine for Archived Messages | Search for Recently Deleted Messages Here |
What we do here to insure no freeze out, we trim the branches down to the ground and do the above mulching but we go a step farther and cut the branches into 8" or so strips and wrap them bottoms into a newspaper ball. They are then placed in a bucket of water and stored indoors for winter. They will produce abundant roots in the newspaper ball wraps and you can plant them in the spring or pot up in potted soil. I have about 20 yellows and pinks sitting in water now under a cheap mail-order Walmart LED light bulb and they look lush with lots of returning foliage in just a few weeks. Good insurance from unknown weather events that could occur. Good luck.
part of this community for 28 years
Rob Cookeville Tn since (2013)
Robz7a Cumberland Plateau (2000-2013)
Rob z6b TN (1996-2000)
Responses « Back to index | View thread »